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Asia/Singapore Friday, 12th June 2026

Wyndham to spin off hotel business

Wyndham Worldwide, which operate brands such as Travelodge, Ramada and Days Inn, has announced plans to spin off its hotel business and combine its...

Work underway to alleviate Kyoto’s ‘tourism pollution’

Tourism officials in Kyoto are implementing initiatives to address complaints about tourist overcrowding, termed by local media as “pollution by tourism”. Over 56.8 million tourists...

Ascott breathes lyf into Singapore’s Funan with US$125m investment

The Ascott has announced a S$170.3 million (US$125 million) investment to develop the Singapore flagship of its co-living, millennial targeted concept, lyf, scheduled for...

Hilton goes into Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste is set to get its first internationally branded hotel with Hilton’s signing of Hilton Dili Palm Springs with Jackson Lay, CEO of The...

ITB Asia 2017 scores partnership with Korea Tourism Organization

For ITB Asia 2017, Messe Berlin (Singapore) has signed a memorandum of cooperation with the Korea Tourism Organization of Singapore (KTO), an agreement that...

Roxy-Pacific buys second hotel asset in Japan

Singapore-based Roxy-Pacific Holdings has acquired its second hotel asset in Japan, Tenmabashi Grand Hotel Osaka, for three billion yen (US$27.2 million). Upon completion of the...

Davidson returns to Alila, now GM of Solo property

Alila Solo has appointed Alasdair Davidson as the hotel’s new general manager. Davidson previously held senior executive positions at Alila Maldives and Alila Diwa Goa,...

Aviation roundup: Jetstar Asia, Hong Kong Airlines and more

Jetstar launches two new routes to Thailand and Japan From November 3, Jetstar Asia will be flying four times weekly from Singapore to Hat Yai...

Okura signs Taichung hotel amid ambitious expansion plans

Okura Nikko Hotel Management, subsidiary of Japan’s Hotel Okura, will add a third Taiwan property to its portfolio come 2021, in addition to The...

Myanmar’s Indawgyi Lake named UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Indawgyi Lake in Myanmar’s Kachin State – the largest freshwater lake in the country and the third largest in South-east Asia – has been...